From hay to hanger steaks, it's all farm-raised at Woodlawn Farmstead in Pawlet
From the Manchester Journal, February 13, 2023
PAWLET — The retail store at the Woodlawn Farmstead opened in January 2021, or about 190 years after members of the Leach family began milking dairy cows on the lands beside 8128 Route 30.
Inside the store, there are cuts of beef from cows that were raised almost entirely on feeds grown by the farm. Inside another refrigerated case are cheeses and butters produced from milk given by the farm’s cows, which also feed mostly on crops grown in-house.
Those products represent something else you don’t see every day on the farm: vertical integration. That means the Leaches use much of what they grow themselves to keep their animals fed and happy, instead of relying on outside vendors. It also provides the farm greater control over the end products it sells.
